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frenetically

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fre·net·ic or phre·net·ic  (fr-ntk) also fre·net·i·cal or phre·net·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.

[Middle English frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenticus, from Greek phrentikos, from phrentis, brain disease, from phrn, mind; see gwhren- in Indo-European roots.]

fre·neti·cal·ly adv.
fre·neti·cism (--szm) n.
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Adv.1.frenetically - in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit
Translations
frenetically [frɪˈnɛtɪkəli] advfrénétiquement
frenetically
adv (+vb) → wie wild; workfieberhaft; dancefrenetisch; she is frenetically busysie hat wahnsinnig viel zu tun (inf)
frenetically [frɪˈnɛtɪklɪ] advfreneticamente
frenetically [frɪˈnɛtɪklɪ] advfreneticamente


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Temple frenetically cut the footage together, throwing out timelines and focusing on the aspects of Glastonbury -- hedonism, hippies, public urination -- that he finds essential.
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Is Europe to become dominated by the likes of Theo van Gogh--the Fortuyn-friendly filmmaker and columnist who used to rail against Jews before he discovered a more fashionable enemy in Muslim "goat-fuckers"--and his Islamist murderer, who frenetically stabbed van Gogh to death in broad daylight?
 
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